NOTE: This department administers its own placement exams. These are not found on the Harvard Placement Exam platform. In most cases, the result will be communicated to you via email and will not appear in my.Harvard.
All Placement exam information, including registration instructions and times of exams, can be found on the NELC placement exam page. For general information, please contact NELC’s Director of the NELC language placement website. Modern Language Programs (DLP), Dr. Nader Uthman.
Summer Placement Exams
Arabic: September 5, 2025, from 10 am to noon. For registration and details, please email the Language Program Coordinator, Kathy Paras, at kparas@fas.harvard.edu
Hebrew (Modern): August 8, 2025, via Zoom at 10:00 am (ET). Please complete the Exam Registration Form. Contact Ran Bechor with questions, rbechor@fas.harvard.edu.
By Arrangement:
Armenian: The exam will be given by request. For information, please contact the Language Programs Coordinator, Kathy Paras, kparas@fas.harvard.edu.
Persian: Please contact Nicholas Boylston to register and for more information about the Persian placement exam.
Turkish (Modern): Please contact Meryem Demir (Preceptor, Modern Turkish) to register and for more information about the Turkish placement exam.
Turkish (Ottoman): Please contact Himmet Taskomur (Senior Preceptor, Ottoman Turkish) to register and for more information about the Turkish placement exam.
Yiddish: Please contact Sara Feldman (Preceptor, Yiddish) to register and for more information about the Yiddish placement exam.
If you are interested in Albanian or Kurdish, please contact naderuthman@fas.harvard.edu.
NELC Advising Contacts
Arabic: Nader Uthman | naderuthman@fas.harvard.edu
Armenian: Lisa Gulesserian | lgulesserian@fas.harvard.edu
Hebrew (Modern): Ran Bechor | rbechor@fas.harvard.edu
Persian: Nicholas Boylston | boylston@fas.harvard.edu
Turkish (Ottoman): Himmet Taskomur | taskomur@fas.harvard.edu
Turkish (Modern): Meryem Demir, meryem_demir@fas.harvard.edu
Yiddish: Sara Feldman | sarafeldman@fas.harvard.edu
The Near East Languages and Civilizations Department offers courses in several languages. For a full list of languages visit the department website.